The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

done in March. This blowing and narrowing
will have to be repeated every three or four
years, to insure good yields.
s. s., Gum Creek, Dooly county, Ga: Ist Can
you tell me the cause of apples becoming full ofro
ten specks and falling Off before maturity-and
what is the best preventative; my trees are on high
sandy land; they did well the first two or three
years after they began to bear. End My grapes are
all dying is 1t best to cut them back2 3rd. have
fine lot of pine straw which | have been penning
cows on all the year. think of composing it with
cotton seed, salt and potash. Please tell mo how
much potash and salt to put to the acre on sandy
land for cotton. want to use as little commercial
manures as can. 9TH. w a do you think would
be best to mix with my lot to bring the best
results?
1. 1t is generally supposed that rot in apples
is caused by fungus, similar to that which pro-
duces rot in grapes and peaches. No very
certain remedy has as yet been discovered.
Keeping the trees strong and healthy enables
them to resist attacks letter. On light soils
like yours apple trees call for liberal applica-
tons every winter Of lime and potash, the last
in form Of ashes A compost Of vegetable
mold and slaked lime would supply the first in
good 81 ape.
2. Yes; grapes should be pruned every
winter. If not they exhaust themselves by
overproduction of vines and fruit. AS rule,
a vine should not be allowed to bear more than
fifteen to twenty pounds Of grapes.
3. Would suggest acid phosphate and kainit
for mixing with your lot staff. Fifty
pounds Of phosphate and 100 pounds of kainit
to as much litter as you put on an acre; or 70
pounds of bone meal might take the place Of
the acid phosphate TO advantage on your light
soil. The kanit will supply salt enough with
out adding more. 1t contains potash and is
perhaps the cheapest form in which that sub
stance can be had at present, all things consid-
cred.
H. II. g.. Hammond La: In coming b. this cDun.
try from the northwest, Nebraska, ! find that the
soil here requires to be ferlzcd well IN order to pro-
duce paying crops. have but few head Of stock
and am not able to buy commercial fertilizers. /
am saving and making compost heaps wherever !
can. / want 70 know how il viii do 10 mix lime
cotton seed and pine straw with bamyard or stabl6
manure, how to mix, what proportions, for best re-
suits Think potash II required largely. wish 70
use some good fertilizer for oaly Irish pototocg and
cucumber ;or the northern markets; viii the above
do? TIC land Of nay place is high, rolling well
drained, Tiney woods soil, quite sandy IN places,
with a ucd clay uJson
II seems hero 10 DC the home OF nc blackberry.
Would you not advise 10 plant the cultivated yare-
tics for market The apple hos not been tested but
pears, peaches and ounces DO well,
Our market facilities here are quite good, being
~ the line Of the Illinois Central railroad between
Chicago and New Orleans
You will end that land, especially light land,
in the south viii not bear heavy lining. Some
Of that substance may be used, however, for
reducing coarse materials in compogts. You
might mix lime with pine straw, and when the
latter is well reduced, mix it with the other